Legal Opinion
Asplundh Tree Expert Co. v. Abshire
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 24, 2017No. 03-16-00760-CVPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
David Puryear, Justice
In three separate lawsuits, several hundred individuals sued Asplundh Tree Expert Co. (“Asplundh”) seeking damages stemming from the devastating 2011 Bas-trop County Complex Fire. In response, Asplundh filed a motion for summary judgment asserting that the suits were untimely because they were filed past the two-year statute of limitations. After convening a hearing on the motion, the district court concluded that the suits were timely because the applicable statute of limitations was tolled, and accordingly, the district court denied the motion for summary…
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